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Chapter 218 details the Battle of Jinan

After arriving at Colt's manor, the elder Pershing went to rest first, after all, he was already an old man of nearly seventy, and he had worked hard all the way, and it was very good to be able to maintain a refreshing spirit when he got off the car.

Chang Yinhuai received an Anping telegram from home, and after his brother was appointed as the deputy director of the Northeast Railway Supervision Office, he no longer had any rejection of this incident, and followed Yang Yuting to investigate the situation in the United States with peace of mind.

In the afternoon, when Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai saw Pershing in military uniform, they automatically stood up and waited for the old man to sit down. Without him, this old man's achievements, exploits, and even his statement made Yang Chang and the others awe-inspired!

And Colt didn't arrange the drinking party as Tu Qianjun came over, on the contrary, Phil just let his family's chef cook some home-cooked meals and had an ordinary dinner that was not luxurious.

Because he knew deep down that this old chief of his kind didn't like any bullshit drinking parties at all, and he didn't even like any extravagant and pompous atmosphere! What old Pershing liked, was simplicity. And seeing this extremely simple dinner, Old Pershing was obviously very satisfied!

After glancing around at Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai, he sat down. And Tu Qianjun also sat down at this time, and then saw that the old man didn't have any kind words and started dinner directly.

This made Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai stunned, they still thought that Old Pershing would make a speech or give a lecture before he started eating! But what I didn't expect was that Old Pershing didn't say a word and started eating directly.

And Tu Qianjun knew the old man's habits, so he smiled and started with Phil. Although Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai are a little unaccustomed, what else can they say at this time?! So I started eating with everyone.

In fact, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai were very surprised when they first saw this extremely simple dinner, they couldn't believe that Phil would entertain Old Pershing in a shabby way of being entertained to himself and others!

You know, the old Pershing is the first special general since the founding of the United States! But to entertain this famous old man, there was not even a drinking party! This can't help but make Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai quite puzzled.

But no one spoke during the meal, and Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai couldn't say anything! And such a tight fortification was worked out ?! Old Pershing wore glasses, looked at the battle report and said softly to Tu Qianjun: "Can you explain this to me?!" Also, how are your fortifications built?! How can you guarantee that they will not collapse under heavy artillery bombardment?! ”

Tu Qianjun did not answer immediately when he heard Old Pershing's question, but pondered for a while before he replied slowly: "At the beginning, the main troops we faced were the Northern Expeditionary Army. However, because I really did not have confidence in the troops of my friendly army at that time, Zhang Zongchang, I formed our own position in Zhonggong Town. ”

Pershing listened to Tu Qianjun's words and nodded, and then motioned for him to continue. Tu Qianjun then continued: "But at that time, the troops I had on hand were only one battalion, and they were more than a reinforced battalion. The troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army can reach about 100,000 people, and if it is a direct frontal battle, I am really not sure that I can deal with such an army. ”

Pershing couldn't help but be more interested when he heard this! Because the Battle of Jinan was mostly an evaluation of the battles of Tu Qianjun and the Japanese army, but the battles of Tu Qianjun and the Northern Expeditionary Army were not evaluated. So Pershing asked, "Oh?!" Can you tell us about this battle?! This is a battle that is not in the war report! ”

Tu Qianjun nodded when he heard this, and then organized his own language and said in a deep voice: "When I was in Zhonggong Town, in order to block the attack of the Northern Expeditionary Army, I specially transported cement, steel bars and other building materials from Jinan City, and built a large number of permanent fortifications in Zhonggong Town. And all the inhabitants of Zhonggong Town were relocated, and my four battalions had trained them in the early days to dig fortifications and build permanent fortifications. So these things are not difficult to deal with. ”

At this time, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai were also attracted by Tu Qianjun's words, and they had never read Tu Qianjun's battle report specifically. At that time, An ** did not have the habit of doing campaign analysis. This was also the first time they were attentively listening to Tu Qianjun, who carried out the Jinan Campaign, narrating this victory, which seemed to them to be quite a miracle!

"At that time, my friendly army did not want me to enter the city of Jinan, because he was afraid that I would affect his rights. So in fact, I was a little compelled to build my own position in Zhonggong Town. And for my battalion of no more than a thousand men, a small town is easier to defend than a city. Hearing Tu Qianjun's words, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

To be honest, this is also a problem with the Feng system, there are many small Bodhisattvas in the temple! There are not many factions, and there are many mountains, and everyone guards their own one-third of an acre of land for fear that others will rob it! At that time, Zhang Zuolin sent a battalion of Tu Qianjun to Jinan, which took a lot of effort to achieve. This also caused Zhang Zongchang's dissatisfaction.

"Then I had a couple of months to build my own position. Moreover, the friendly troops may have a premonition that they could not defend the city of Jinan, so they provided us with an army and guns and ammunition. It consisted of hundreds of flowers and ammunition, and the force was a force of about 4,000 White Russians, including artillery and cavalry. It gave me a bit more confidence, but I didn't want to put this unit on the defence at the time. After all, this unit is new to the team, and I don't know if they will cause any bad reaction if they go into battle immediately. ”

Hearing Tu Qianjun's words, Old Pershing couldn't help but nodded, when he was in the European theater, Britain and France actually looked down on the American troops. Even Britain and France wanted to use the American troops as cannon fodder, and if it was the old Pershing who snatched back his autonomy, perhaps Britain and France would have done so a long time ago.

"Next, when the Northern Expeditionary Army launched an attack, the troops of Jinan City really had no way to hold it. They chose to retreat, and I chose to stay. The Northern Expeditionary Army did not notice my position at first. But when they attacked the city of Jinan, they finally noticed my position. So they attacked my position. ”

Speaking of this, Tu Qianjun continued with a smile: "I have to say that the tactical concept of the Northern Expeditionary Army is still relatively simple and stays in the ideas of the First World War. They were accustomed to using group charges to try to break the fortified positions I had spent months building, but the results were clear. ”

Speaking of this, Tu Qianjun shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said, "They failed, they used the strength of an army to attack us at the beginning. But they failed, and then they again organized an army group to attack my position. And it was accompanied by artillery bombardment to strengthen the offensive, but it turned out that the shelling under well-established permanent fortifications did not have much effect. This may also have something to do with the fact that their artillery is not very powerful. ”

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